Constructing collective identities and shaping public spheres : Latin American paths / edited by Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roniger, Luis, 1949-

Sznajder, Mario.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Latin America.

Group identity.

Social participation--Latin America.

Social participation.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

vi, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton, England ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 1998.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Examining Collective Identities and Public Spheres in Latin America / Luis Roniger, Mario Sznajder 1

Part I Formative Trends

2 Patriotism and the Nation in Colonial Spanish America / David Brading 13

3 "A Stranger in a Strange Land": The Conversion of Foreigners into Members in Colonial Latin America / Tamar Herzog 46

4 After the Fall: Constructing Incan Identity in Late Colonial Cuzco / David Cahill 65

Part II Collective Identities and the Reshaping of Public Spheres

5 Collective Identity and Democratic Construction: The Cases of Argentina and Uruguay / Alberto Spektorowski 103

6 The Transformation of Collective Identities: Immigrant Communities under the Populist Regimes Vargas and Peron / Leonardo Senkman 123

7 The Dynamics of National Identity Frames: The Case of Argentina in the Twentieth Century / Carlos Waisman 148

8 Human Rights Violations and the Reshaping of Collective Identities in the Redemocratized Southern Cone / Luis Roniger 168

Part III The Cultural Construction of Collective Identities

9 Who is a Chilean? The Mapuche, the Huaso and the Roto as the Basic Symbols of Chilean Collective Identity / Mario Sznajder 199

10 Shaping Collective Identity through Educational Reforms in Paraguay / Batia Siebzehner 217

11 Latin American Intellectuals and Collective Identity / Jean Franco 231

Part IV Comparative Perspectives and Conclusions

12 The Construction of Collective Identities in Latin America: Beyond the European Nation State Model / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt 245

13 Latin American Paths: Themes on the Research Agenda / Mario Sznajder, Luis Roniger 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

189872377X

OCLC:

38013981